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according to the "times" the discovery was that bin laden used the group as a network inside pakistan. it raises questions about whether the military organization supported him on behalf of pakistan's spy agency. but officials tell "the times "there was no smoking gun showing that the agency had protected bin laden. >>> it is a race against time for the community of minotte, north dakota. calls for new evacuations has thousands fleeing to higher ground as a giant surge of water heads their way. reporting from minot, is kevin tibbles. >> reporter: national guard troops racing against the clock and the relentless surge of the souris river. already many homes have succumbed, and predictions of even higher levels, nine feet higher when water is released from nearby dams. >> there is a pending sense of doom out there, and the outlook isn't good. >> reporter: with some 12,000 minot residents now uprooted, many cram into red cross shelters. >> last time it was let's pray that the levees hold. this time it's -- it doesn't matter if they hold. they're going to go over. it's going to go over it
according to the "times" the discovery was that bin laden used the group as a network inside pakistan. it raises questions about whether the military organization supported him on behalf of pakistan's spy agency. but officials tell "the times "there was no smoking gun showing that the agency had protected bin laden. >>> it is a race against time for the community of minotte, north dakota. calls for new evacuations has thousands fleeing to higher ground as a giant...
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>> guest: pakistan is very difficult, but let me just -- because we hear so many problems as pakistan and one to throw out some things that are quite promising. one, you have a real independent process in pakistan. ten years ago you had state tv. now you've got several dozens of news stations, some of which are quite anti-american that they are also entitled in and you have the dictatorship there. second, the religious pro taliban religious parties, political parties have been annihilated in the polls in pakistan. pakistan does not tell them-style rules. these pro taliban religious doherty is are about 2% of the vote in the last election, so there are some positives. the negatives of course is that there was in "the new york times" a few days ago about the assassin of the governor of prinjab shore with pedals by the same lawyers who got musharraf out of cover which is disturbing because we saw the jacket of people who are pro-democracy voting for a guy that assassinates one of the most important politicians in their country just based on the opposition to the blasphemy. >> host: and t
>> guest: pakistan is very difficult, but let me just -- because we hear so many problems as pakistan and one to throw out some things that are quite promising. one, you have a real independent process in pakistan. ten years ago you had state tv. now you've got several dozens of news stations, some of which are quite anti-american that they are also entitled in and you have the dictatorship there. second, the religious pro taliban religious parties, political parties have been annihilated...
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and secondly we are offering pakistan a long term strategic partnership and i think pakistan takes them as a friend, with some justification. and we need to try to get past that in our interest and their interest or more alive today than they were several years ago and so that is a good thing but we shouldn't expect miracles and i were the general i would be making a lot of the same decisions. he's going to be bordering on afghanistan and india, pakistan is forever. we are going to leave at some point. >> host: i have to say i'm a little disappointed but not surprised you haven't come up with a magic solution for pakistan. i wish somebody would figure out how to solve it. i've been looking for years and i haven't found anybody -- >> guest: let me tell you a concrete thing that would be good. 60% of the economy is a textile business. we have tough tax on the textiles with this country on the pakistani textiles their relatively high. though it be a substantial thing of course people in north carolina in congress and opposed to this but fixing some of the tariffs barriers on the textiles i
and secondly we are offering pakistan a long term strategic partnership and i think pakistan takes them as a friend, with some justification. and we need to try to get past that in our interest and their interest or more alive today than they were several years ago and so that is a good thing but we shouldn't expect miracles and i were the general i would be making a lot of the same decisions. he's going to be bordering on afghanistan and india, pakistan is forever. we are going to leave at...
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he was the obama administration's point man for afghanistan and pakistan before he died last month. president obama, vice president biden and plenty of others from official washington will attend. >>> a bird strike forced an american airlines jet to make an emergency landing in miami last night. the 757 landed safely though after a flight from honduras. there were 185 people on board that plane, it's believed that the bird struck the plane's wing shortly after it took off when the pilot was told about it, he declared the emergency and then landed safely. >>> in wichita, kansas, a close call for a couple of deputies and it was all captured on camera. newly released dash cams show a speeding suv whizzing by before slamming into the guardrail and flipping over twice. the driver is now expected to make a full recovery, but he could be in trouble if tests show he was under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. >>> and now let's take a look at this morning's weather from around the country. a stormy day in the northwest with rain along the coast from seattle to portland. heavy snow in
he was the obama administration's point man for afghanistan and pakistan before he died last month. president obama, vice president biden and plenty of others from official washington will attend. >>> a bird strike forced an american airlines jet to make an emergency landing in miami last night. the 757 landed safely though after a flight from honduras. there were 185 people on board that plane, it's believed that the bird struck the plane's wing shortly after it took off when the...
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. >>> and did pakistan know where he was? as some pakistanis cry for bin laden, anti-americanism grows. we're live in pakistan. >>> and new details about how he lived. and also, his taste for american soda. >>> good morning. the white house faces a series of new challenges this morning, after the death of osama bin laden. >> here's the latest right now. officials are still deciding whether releasing photos of his body would provoke more anti-american sentiment. >> they're also concerned about growing outrage in pakistan. >> on top of that, we learned that former president bush will not join president obama tomorrow here in new york at ground zero. the white house is also revising and correcting details about what actually happened inside bin laden's compound. >> emily schmidt begins our coverage. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning. the cia director said obama made, quote, a very gutsy decision to send the navy s.e.a.l.s in, without knowing he was there. when the navy s.e.a.l.s stormed the compound, intelligence sa
. >>> and did pakistan know where he was? as some pakistanis cry for bin laden, anti-americanism grows. we're live in pakistan. >>> and new details about how he lived. and also, his taste for american soda. >>> good morning. the white house faces a series of new challenges this morning, after the death of osama bin laden. >> here's the latest right now. officials are still deciding whether releasing photos of his body would provoke more anti-american sentiment....
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it does not send the right message to the indias and the pakistans and the frances of the world. why britain, the u. k, they are buying new trident submarines. why does the uk need you nuclear-weapons? why are they different from germany, spain, or italy? there's a message that it is important not as a deterrent but as a status symbol. you should not be surprised that in areas of tension that countries would either go for nuclear-weapons of go for the capability. that is something i worry about right now. you might see a phenomenon of not developing nuclear weapons but have all -- going all the way short of developing nuclear weapons, but you can have a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks. that is too close for comfort in my mind. , pick up program here -- and we're not really managing the adams the way we should. i take we need to change the whole way we are managing the atomes. you can provide electricity but eliminate the possibility of proliferation by having a national approach to that sensitive part of the fuel cycle. one country -- no one country would have an enrichment f
it does not send the right message to the indias and the pakistans and the frances of the world. why britain, the u. k, they are buying new trident submarines. why does the uk need you nuclear-weapons? why are they different from germany, spain, or italy? there's a message that it is important not as a deterrent but as a status symbol. you should not be surprised that in areas of tension that countries would either go for nuclear-weapons of go for the capability. that is something i worry about...
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it also raises questions about whether the militant organization supported him on the half of pakistan spy agency. officials tell the time there was no spoking gun showing the agency protected bin laden. calls for new evacuations has thousands threeing to higher ground as a giant surnl of water heads their way. here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >>> already many homes have succumbed, and predictions of higher levels. nine feet higher when more water is released from nearby dams. >> there's the impending sense of doom out there. the outlook isn't good. >> reporter: and with some 12,000 minot residents, many are crowded to shelters. >> last time it's let's pray the levees hold. this time is, it's doesn't matter. it's going over. it's going over it. >> michelle has five children, the youngest is 4 months. >> it just maybes me want to cry. i don't want to be here that long. my place is going under water. >> if last big flood was 1969. the current all time record was set back in 1881. this flood is projected to dwarf either that. b barriers are being reinforced, like this bridge. covering the stor
it also raises questions about whether the militant organization supported him on the half of pakistan spy agency. officials tell the time there was no spoking gun showing the agency protected bin laden. calls for new evacuations has thousands threeing to higher ground as a giant surnl of water heads their way. here's nbc's kevin tibbles. >>> already many homes have succumbed, and predictions of higher levels. nine feet higher when more water is released from nearby dams. >>...
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aid going to pakistan? i know there is a lot of outrage that the united states spent $20 billion in aid to pakistan but doesn't seem like we've got our investment back, a return. >> some of that is military reimbursements and it's supposed to be for counterterrorism activity. literally the pakistanis would send a bill to the pentagon which somebody who have to go review for their activities in crunt terrorism. well, since they have been very reluctant to go into some of the areas that the u.s. has been most concerned about, a lot of people in congress are asking why are we paying this bill? gwen: are serious people asking that? >> some very serious people are asking that. john kerry, while he has not advocated cutting it, has raised the point that many of his colleagues have been advocating cutting it. not just people driving by. gwen: you know we have been obsessed, focused like a laser beam as they say, on what's been happening in south asia and northern africa and the middle east especially in the last c
aid going to pakistan? i know there is a lot of outrage that the united states spent $20 billion in aid to pakistan but doesn't seem like we've got our investment back, a return. >> some of that is military reimbursements and it's supposed to be for counterterrorism activity. literally the pakistanis would send a bill to the pentagon which somebody who have to go review for their activities in crunt terrorism. well, since they have been very reluctant to go into some of the areas that the...
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. >>> authorities suspect an inside job in the kidnapping of a local man snatched in pakistan. >>> police go online to find participates in a flash mob that ripped off an area store. >>> and >>> family and friends of those killed in a stage collapse at the indiana state fair over the weekend wondered allowed if organizers were too clo sloe to call for evacuations. a memorial was held this morning for the five people who died. 500 people attended the ceremony. governor mitch daniels praised those who rushed to help after the collapse. an official investigation could take months. >>> the death of a journalist in georgetown is being invested as a homicide. viola was found dead inside her row house this morning. her husband, a 47-year-old said she had fallen and hit her head. but investigators now say her injuries were inconsistent with a fall. muth was accused of assaulting the woman in 2006 but those charges were dropped. >>> is it not clear who kidnapped a development expert in pakistan. warren wine steen was dragged from his home at gunpoint over the weekend. he is a contractor with the u
. >>> authorities suspect an inside job in the kidnapping of a local man snatched in pakistan. >>> police go online to find participates in a flash mob that ripped off an area store. >>> and >>> family and friends of those killed in a stage collapse at the indiana state fair over the weekend wondered allowed if organizers were too clo sloe to call for evacuations. a memorial was held this morning for the five people who died. 500 people attended the ceremony....
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kidnappings for ransom have become common in pakistan. >> it is extremely dangerous right now because at the very beginning, the kidnappers are frightened, he is frightened, everyone around him is frightened. >> reporter: anti american sentiment has been steadily rising in pakistan following the may race to kill osama bin laden who was living there, vic. >> reporter: one side told his staff just before being abducted that he was planning to leave pakistan today. >>> the evidence is under the microscope in the murder of mccarren. several experts testified and she joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: from a pair of tennis shoe to the knife used in the crime. evidence was presented today, the prosecution highlights what was found, the defense highlights what wasn't. >> reporter: investigators found blood at the entrance of wagner's home. a dna testing found that blood was likely of pitcaren. pitcaren was stabbed to death last summer. last week john wagner's girlfriend told the jury she and wagner robbed pitcaren then she claims wagner stabbed him. the defense questioned miller. mil
kidnappings for ransom have become common in pakistan. >> it is extremely dangerous right now because at the very beginning, the kidnappers are frightened, he is frightened, everyone around him is frightened. >> reporter: anti american sentiment has been steadily rising in pakistan following the may race to kill osama bin laden who was living there, vic. >> reporter: one side told his staff just before being abducted that he was planning to leave pakistan today. >>>...
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. >>> in pakistan this morning officials say a u.s. drone missile strike killed four militants. it happened around dawn their time, in north waziristan. a tribal area on the afghanistan border. a stronghold for taliban and al qaeda fighters. >>> also in pakistan, officials say they still have no leads in the hunt for an american aid contractor kidnapped on saturday. but the fbi has joined the investigation as seth doane reports. >> reporter: the state department said the fbi is working with pakistani and u.s. embassy officials investigating warren weinstein's kidnapping. weinstein, a 70-year-old business development consultant, worked in pakistan for the virginia-based firm j.e. austin associates. he had been scheduled to return home to america. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that three hostage takers came to the american's front gate, offering food to weinstein's three guards and driver. after the guards opened the gate, five other hostage takers, who'd climbed over an unguarded rear entrance, showed up, carrying ak-47s and pistols, outgunning the guards. the eight then
. >>> in pakistan this morning officials say a u.s. drone missile strike killed four militants. it happened around dawn their time, in north waziristan. a tribal area on the afghanistan border. a stronghold for taliban and al qaeda fighters. >>> also in pakistan, officials say they still have no leads in the hunt for an american aid contractor kidnapped on saturday. but the fbi has joined the investigation as seth doane reports. >> reporter: the state department said the...
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a possible link between osama bin laden and pakistan's government. a cell phone recovered during the raid on osama bin laden's compound contained contact numbers for a militant group that worked with pakistan's intelligence service. >>> and record breaking floodwaters are due to crest this weekend in minot, north dakota. 10,000 people have evacuated. officials expect the town to be swamped. >>> now the latest indication of how this country is changing. for the first time, more than half the children in the u.s. are minorities. the latest census figures indicate nonhispanic whites make up just under half of all children under 3 years old. by contrast, whites make up 80% of people 65 and older. demographers say ethnic minorities will become the u.s. majority by mid century. the census also reports a troubling statistic about this country's children. one in five kids between the ages of 2 and 5 is overweight or obese, twice the rate seen in the 1980s. some families are beginning to fight back as kerry edderrer reports. >> reporter: a few months doctors
a possible link between osama bin laden and pakistan's government. a cell phone recovered during the raid on osama bin laden's compound contained contact numbers for a militant group that worked with pakistan's intelligence service. >>> and record breaking floodwaters are due to crest this weekend in minot, north dakota. 10,000 people have evacuated. officials expect the town to be swamped. >>> now the latest indication of how this country is changing. for the first time, more...
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in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of democracy modern capitalism and globalization and everything and then of course more than any other nation in at least a 200 years. there is one thing americans don't do. two things americans don't do well. one is history. the american attitude to history is you know joe, he is history. [laughter] bar or all history is bunk. that is the attitude. there was a young man who introduced himself as a history of -- and i said when i was teaching this country they rob him was finding enough kids who wanted a history maj
in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of...
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the fbi has arrested a man accused of being an agent for pakistan state intelligence service who alledgedly funneled $2 million in contributions to u.s. political candidates and organizations without disclosing his connections to the pakistani government. the fbi says the man's goal was to tilt u.s. policy against indiana control in kashmir. >>> the justice department says 14 people have been arrested in nine states and district of columbia for allegedly mounting a cyber attack on the pay pal website. the group anonymous claimed responsibility calling it retaliation for the site's suspension of wikileaks accounts. >>> a mother and her three young daughters died when their vehicle drove into a washed out section of a wyoming highway and was swept away by a raging creek. only the father managed to escape. >>> in california, witnesses say a hiker was swept over a water fall at yoe accept itity national park. a search and rescue operation will resume in the morning. >>> this morning in shanghai, yao ming announced his retirement due to injuries. david stern called the chinese star, quote, a tes
the fbi has arrested a man accused of being an agent for pakistan state intelligence service who alledgedly funneled $2 million in contributions to u.s. political candidates and organizations without disclosing his connections to the pakistani government. the fbi says the man's goal was to tilt u.s. policy against indiana control in kashmir. >>> the justice department says 14 people have been arrested in nine states and district of columbia for allegedly mounting a cyber attack on the...
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new warnings about traveling to pakistan. audrey barnes has the story. >> reporter: all is quiet at the weinstein family home in rockville as relatives await word of the fate of warren weinstein. neighbors say he has lived in the home for nearly four decades with his wife elaine but spent much of the last seven years in pakistan working on development projects in a volatile area that borders afghanistan. >> devastating. my heart goes out to them. i know they were, you know, good for each other and she's probably really worried, so i'm praying for them. >> reporter: anti-american sentiment has been rising in pakistan especially since the may 2 raid to kill osama bin laden. weinstein's abductors tricked his guards to let them inside tied up the. guards and snatched weinstein out of bed. >> first indication suggests that this was planned in advance. he was kidnapped out of his house. he was nearing the end of his time in pakistan. so his security measures may have lapsed. >> so far no one has claimed responsibility or made a dem
new warnings about traveling to pakistan. audrey barnes has the story. >> reporter: all is quiet at the weinstein family home in rockville as relatives await word of the fate of warren weinstein. neighbors say he has lived in the home for nearly four decades with his wife elaine but spent much of the last seven years in pakistan working on development projects in a volatile area that borders afghanistan. >> devastating. my heart goes out to them. i know they were, you know, good for...
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and pakistan, secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. may soon officially brand the acanny network a terrorist group. >>> a verdict in the amanda knox case is expected by the end of the week. she is the american student accused of killing her house mate and sentenced to 26 years in prison. we have a report from pa hue sha,ity la. >> reporter: amanda knox's sister sobbed as she and her family made one of their last prison verdicts before the verdict. next time they enter this italian jail, they hope they are taking her home. >> we just love her and here to support her. >> reporter: defense attorneys no fox and her boy is a eleven tow say the prosecution's case is crumbling. >> translator: there was no evidence against raffaele and amanda. everything including the investigation and the murder verdict is based on nothing. >> reporter: knox is serving a 26-year jail sentence for killingmate meredith kercher. >> this from the perspective of, you know, essentially pleading for your life and that's a tough thing to deal with as a 24-year-old. >
and pakistan, secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. may soon officially brand the acanny network a terrorist group. >>> a verdict in the amanda knox case is expected by the end of the week. she is the american student accused of killing her house mate and sentenced to 26 years in prison. we have a report from pa hue sha,ity la. >> reporter: amanda knox's sister sobbed as she and her family made one of their last prison verdicts before the verdict. next time they enter...
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. >> and after the raid on bin laden's compound, pakistan may be more unable or unwilling to help protect americans and american interests. >>> we're getting a new look at the private lives of those who hid behind the walls of the bin laden compound. our nick schifrin has spoken to people closest to the al qaeda leader and the family. he reports now from abbottabad. >> reporter: we're beginning to learn details of what life was like inside this compound, thanks to an interview we've had with a confidant of two of the people who ran the compound. one of the people was the couriers that the u.s. managed to track to get to bin laden. inside the compound, the families who lived there were extremely private. they didn't participate in neighborhood events. they wouldn't go to funerals or weds. occasionally, they would go to the market. there were three or four women inside. they would leave the compound completely covered. only their eyes would be showing. and those two men who ran this compound were privates themselves. when they were asked what jobs they did, they refused to answer. and when
. >> and after the raid on bin laden's compound, pakistan may be more unable or unwilling to help protect americans and american interests. >>> we're getting a new look at the private lives of those who hid behind the walls of the bin laden compound. our nick schifrin has spoken to people closest to the al qaeda leader and the family. he reports now from abbottabad. >> reporter: we're beginning to learn details of what life was like inside this compound, thanks to an...
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it is difficult to aid the military of pakistan in the fight against terror. >> pakistan has been helpful in the past. it should come as no surprise to anyone to say that they have shared information in the past that may have ultimately led to osama bin laden's whereabouts. i cannot say that i could dispute that. the problem has come with the fact that, if they knew he was there and if they did not pass along that little tidbit of information, that is a huge problem. again, they have on-again and off-again. they have been helpful. some detainee's that they take into custody, we get into -- some detainees that they take into custody, we get access to and some not. i hope we look at this -- we will go back and do the forensics on all of this. that will happen. how does this happen? that we have a full and complete picture. but i hope to do not spend a lot of time on a particular portion. this is the time for pakistan and the united states to say, all right, done deal. osama belated is gone. we have lots and lots of work to do -- osama bin laden is gone. we have lots and lots of work to do.
it is difficult to aid the military of pakistan in the fight against terror. >> pakistan has been helpful in the past. it should come as no surprise to anyone to say that they have shared information in the past that may have ultimately led to osama bin laden's whereabouts. i cannot say that i could dispute that. the problem has come with the fact that, if they knew he was there and if they did not pass along that little tidbit of information, that is a huge problem. again, they have...
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. >> a rockville man who went to pakistan is now missing. he is feared kidnapped. >> and a superstructure collapsed on the fans waiting to see sugar land. five or dead. it was the wind there and the rain here we are talking about tonight. that is where we're going to start. >> you're looking live at the harbor, a nice puff of cloud and a little blue, too blue. here is len net charles. we have flash floods. are we going to stay dry to the? len net has your forecast. >> we did. we had flash flooding across the area for today and we had local lee lee locallized 3, 4 inches today. the thunderstorms will start to come back into the picture. we have a break now. the flash flood watch in effect until 11:00 p.m. for our entire viewing area now. the red is the severe thunderstorm warnings going on across parts of pennsylvania and also back into west virginia and western maryland. i well zoom in on that area. these are starting to slide off to the west. if your travels are takes us to the east and if your travels are taking you to the west, you'll run
. >> a rockville man who went to pakistan is now missing. he is feared kidnapped. >> and a superstructure collapsed on the fans waiting to see sugar land. five or dead. it was the wind there and the rain here we are talking about tonight. that is where we're going to start. >> you're looking live at the harbor, a nice puff of cloud and a little blue, too blue. here is len net charles. we have flash floods. are we going to stay dry to the? len net has your forecast. >> we...
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. >> now, for something much easier, let's talk about pakistan. [laughter] >> that is a law professor thinking that is easier. go ahead. >> a number of our questioners note that it seems to be public record that there have been some challenges in the relationship between our government and pakistan and, yet, pakistan continues to be an important strategic partner, and allied in a very complicated region. i would love to hear you speak a little bit about how you see that relationship with respect to our law enforcement activities and what you think we might expect in that relationship going forward. >> it is interesting. in today's world of globalization -- when i started as a united states attorney back in the late 1970's, i probably had one case that had some ramifications outside of this district. now, i would say it is probably the reverse. nine out of 10 cases intersect with persons in other jurisdictions, whether it be within the united states or internationally. what happens is, regardless of whether it is pakistan or a number of countries y
. >> now, for something much easier, let's talk about pakistan. [laughter] >> that is a law professor thinking that is easier. go ahead. >> a number of our questioners note that it seems to be public record that there have been some challenges in the relationship between our government and pakistan and, yet, pakistan continues to be an important strategic partner, and allied in a very complicated region. i would love to hear you speak a little bit about how you see that...
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but pakistan is, could he be telling the truth that pakistan was unaware of this. are they playing a conscious double game? is there a group within pakistan that's subverting a larger group in pakistan. what's happening? >>. >> i think it's coming from the pakistani army which actually dominates the state of pakistan. that's been true since they hanged the prime minister in 1977 and took over either directly during the dictato dictatorships or through civilian governments, none of which served out their term, up until now. the military has dominated afghanistan. and it's the military through the isi which is as president mush ar av said, isi follows orders, part of the command structure and they do what the chief of the army staff ie president musharraf, when he was army chief of staff and dictator, tell them to do. so it's not rogue outfits within the intelligence organization, it's actually a policy, a strategy of the-- . >> jon: what is the advantage of that. when you say export extremist into afghanistan what is their strategic advantage because it doesn't seem
but pakistan is, could he be telling the truth that pakistan was unaware of this. are they playing a conscious double game? is there a group within pakistan that's subverting a larger group in pakistan. what's happening? >>. >> i think it's coming from the pakistani army which actually dominates the state of pakistan. that's been true since they hanged the prime minister in 1977 and took over either directly during the dictato dictatorships or through civilian governments, none of...
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where was pakistan at that time? in some ways this beak is also a book about america and pakistan, america and islam, so, you know, i don't want to sort of lose sight of those aspects of the book in, you know, in the fine grain because she is a vehicle for a lot of these sort of meditations, but as to the question of what i decided to do with her letters. i felt it was important for -- to have her as a vehicle for the reader to experience her letters, you know, with immediacy in her own words rather than me paraphrasing them or, you know, saying, you know, well, she says that she graduated from high school in 1953, but actually it was 1952. i find that correcting voice as a biographer is very distancing, and i wanted the readers to feel about her the way i felt about her when i first started reading the letters, to be completely sucked into her world, and, you know, if i, you know, had said at the outset that, you know, that she was institutionalized, then you know people will just say she's crazy and not have to wre
where was pakistan at that time? in some ways this beak is also a book about america and pakistan, america and islam, so, you know, i don't want to sort of lose sight of those aspects of the book in, you know, in the fine grain because she is a vehicle for a lot of these sort of meditations, but as to the question of what i decided to do with her letters. i felt it was important for -- to have her as a vehicle for the reader to experience her letters, you know, with immediacy in her own words...
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we need pakistan's continued cooperation if we're going to hunt other terrorists in pakistan. and if we were able to bring troops home and we are to see an end to war in afghanistan. we need their cooperation. we have to find a way to stabilize this relationship and get them to cooperate more on these issues. >> when we talk about pack stab, we are talking about a situation where there is so little trust. this came up at the hearing. the confirmation hearing yesterday for general petraeus. it came up during leon panetta's hearing when he was confirmed to be the new defense secretary. now we're hearing that the leader of the pakistan military is under tremendous pressure because of -- largely because of embarrassment over the american raid. how do we balance all of this? >> first of all, it doesn't help the relationship for the media to constantly report either leaks or stories like the ones they have been doing. it's much better for us to have serious conversations with pakistanis in private than in public. then he might able to cooperate with us much more. we don't trust paki
we need pakistan's continued cooperation if we're going to hunt other terrorists in pakistan. and if we were able to bring troops home and we are to see an end to war in afghanistan. we need their cooperation. we have to find a way to stabilize this relationship and get them to cooperate more on these issues. >> when we talk about pack stab, we are talking about a situation where there is so little trust. this came up at the hearing. the confirmation hearing yesterday for general...
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a ballet dancer, arrested in pakistan. u.s. officials had said at the time of their capture that these men were found in the company of known terrorists. lawyers for the two men have argued that they just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and there's no evidence that they commit any crimes against the united states. so the problem now is that since 9/11 there have been a total of 779 men detains at guantanamo, that's down to about 170 now and many of the people there have no place to go. congress has specifically prohibited the department of defense from using d.o.d. money to relocate these men into the united states. so that hurdle would have to be crossed before the city of berkeley welcomes anybody to their city. >> quite a story. thank you. nbc's george lewis. >>> the white house today we've been watching this, of course, the medal of freedom ceremony. the nation's high effort civilian honor awarded to 15 individuals. president obama said they each led extraordinary and inspiring lives. author maya ange
a ballet dancer, arrested in pakistan. u.s. officials had said at the time of their capture that these men were found in the company of known terrorists. lawyers for the two men have argued that they just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and there's no evidence that they commit any crimes against the united states. so the problem now is that since 9/11 there have been a total of 779 men detains at guantanamo, that's down to about 170 now and many of the people there have no...
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-pakistan relations. pakistan, of course, has lost more soldiers than the allied forces in afghanistan in their fight against extremists up in particularly the waziristan area. yet this happened on the soil. 50 kilometer from their capital -- kilometers from their capital. is this embehaviorsing? is it going to put pakistan at risk for terrorist attacks? >> it will. it is embarrassing. not only was it inside the border but it was close to the military academy, as you pointed out earlier. president obama in his address to the nation extended a hand to pakistan. he gave them some credit. he did favorably about president zardari. bin laden chose the location carefully. the predator, drone strikes had been increasing, they were effective in unsettled area. it was clear to bin laden that he had to get to a settled area. the dispute about the u.s. not putting boots on the grounds in pakistani territory. those things counseled bin laden to move into the settled area inside the pakistani border because he thought
-pakistan relations. pakistan, of course, has lost more soldiers than the allied forces in afghanistan in their fight against extremists up in particularly the waziristan area. yet this happened on the soil. 50 kilometer from their capital -- kilometers from their capital. is this embehaviorsing? is it going to put pakistan at risk for terrorist attacks? >> it will. it is embarrassing. not only was it inside the border but it was close to the military academy, as you pointed out earlier....
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we're talking about regional command east in pakistan which is down in -- in afghanistan, down near the pakistani border, a lot of mountains. it's really hard to do the kind of things that petraeus wants to do there as easily as he was able to do it in bagdad and kandahar and other places where you don't have ploun tans. >> it's interesting, when you think of the irony with all this, general pay tray yus is the architect of the counterinsurgency strategy which is big, has had some success as joe points out. now he's leaving that job, he'll be the head of the cia. what does the cia do? the cia does the targeted counterterror strategy with drones, for example. in a funny way, he's going to still be in charge of the president's afghanistan policy, although he may be spending a lot more time thinking about dropping some drones in pakistan. >> the other thing is that the people were fighting in the eastern part of pakistan, the hakani taliban network, are pretty much funded by the pakistanis. this has been very frustrating to petraeus and our military. >> let me get this in, guys. in an inte
we're talking about regional command east in pakistan which is down in -- in afghanistan, down near the pakistani border, a lot of mountains. it's really hard to do the kind of things that petraeus wants to do there as easily as he was able to do it in bagdad and kandahar and other places where you don't have ploun tans. >> it's interesting, when you think of the irony with all this, general pay tray yus is the architect of the counterinsurgency strategy which is big, has had some success...
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claims that he took millions of dollars from pakistan to influence american lawmakers. >> this is 62-year-old syed ghulam nabi fai in a video posted on his web page, speaking out about the political situation in kashmir. he is the head of a nonprofit organization headquartered in downtown d.c. called the kashmir center. in court documents released today, the u.s. government alleges the kashmir center was a front for the pakastani government to buy influence among american lawmakers. fai and co-defendant zaheer ahmad received payments to lobby, cris -- to lobby congress. fbi agents spent the day in his home searching for more evidence. neighbors were shocked to hear the quiet man who lived in this house is at the center of an international influence-peddling case. this woman asked that we not show her face. >> old people, young people coming in and out? >> yes, many cars. >> meanwhile, he made his first appearance in court this afternoon. the already deteriorating relationship between the united states and pakistan became even more tense. the pakistan agency released a statement saying
claims that he took millions of dollars from pakistan to influence american lawmakers. >> this is 62-year-old syed ghulam nabi fai in a video posted on his web page, speaking out about the political situation in kashmir. he is the head of a nonprofit organization headquartered in downtown d.c. called the kashmir center. in court documents released today, the u.s. government alleges the kashmir center was a front for the pakastani government to buy influence among american lawmakers. fai...
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>> because i have a feeling -- >> there's not a lot of jungles in pakistan. >> reporter: hamid placed the camp in several locations including cashmere and afghanistan before settle on the town of balacot just north of the large pakistani city. >> most places are not going to be in highly populated areas, they're going to be in low populated area. they don't want gunshots to be heard by anybody. >> here in the u.s.? >> yes. >> here in the u.s.? >> yes. >> which government buildings are you talking about? >> the justice. >> justice? >> justice or immigration building or the like -- >> this is completely false. this gentleman is only repeating what he was told. and you can tell from the way he pauses. >> reporter: the experts do say based on his description of the training it appears possible hamid attended a camp but they doubt he was parking lot of anjihad group. >> he sounds like an idealistic individual who wants to be part of a big revolution and it doesn't look like he belongs to any. >> reporter: in his interviews, his description of training changed. later hamad said he fired mac
>> because i have a feeling -- >> there's not a lot of jungles in pakistan. >> reporter: hamid placed the camp in several locations including cashmere and afghanistan before settle on the town of balacot just north of the large pakistani city. >> most places are not going to be in highly populated areas, they're going to be in low populated area. they don't want gunshots to be heard by anybody. >> here in the u.s.? >> yes. >> here in the u.s.? >>...
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pakistan is a mess. let them kill each other forever, as far as i am concerned, as long as they are not killing us. i would restrict the mission to -- are you telling me there is a threat such as used to exist when mullah omar was living there and planning things? i would leave the rest of it being a mess. >> if and if you go down to where there are 20,000 u.s. forces, if the cost of doing business in afghanistan is greater than the pontotoc, they will not seek to come back in significant numbers -- greater than the fatah. >> let me register my disagreements with some of what bing said. the size of american investments, the amount of money we have spent has had a distorting effect on every aspect of the afghan political economy. should be our goal to reduce the size of our presence in troops and the distorting effect we have on the political economy, but to do it in a responsible way. it would be unwise to have a policy goal of inducing a civil war. afghans deserve better than that from us and so do all
pakistan is a mess. let them kill each other forever, as far as i am concerned, as long as they are not killing us. i would restrict the mission to -- are you telling me there is a threat such as used to exist when mullah omar was living there and planning things? i would leave the rest of it being a mess. >> if and if you go down to where there are 20,000 u.s. forces, if the cost of doing business in afghanistan is greater than the pontotoc, they will not seek to come back in significant...